About

$8,239

pledged of $5,000 goal

145

backers

Hi there! We’re Baying Hound Aleworks and we’re the first and, to date, only manufacturing and distribution brewery in Montgomery County, Maryland. Started as a tiny brewery on a shoestring budget in 2010, the demand for our unique beers has quickly surpassed our brewing capacity. We need your help to make some upgrades pronto, so we can ramp up our efforts to share our beers with the people who love them.

The Baying Hound brewery is located in Rockville (1108 Taft Street) and is run by a full-time brewery and a committed team of volunteers- mostly locals and their beer-loving friends. We offer three stock brews- an IPA, our signature pale ale, and a stout- as well as a rotating selection of pilots and experimental brews. Our beers are unique in many ways:

We brew only real ales- unfiltered, unpasteurized, and naturally carbonated. We are the only brewery in the area, if not the country,that specializes exclusively in this type of brewing. In fact, we recently joined CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ales), a UK-based organization of certified real ale brewers.

Many of our beers are inspired by our favorite food pairings. We use all-natural ingredients: Including grains, herbs, honey, and fruit. We use real cocoa, marshmallows and graham crackers in our s'mores stout. Why? Because our brewers are creative people who love to cook and eat and our customers are adventurous folks who like to try new things.

The brewery was named for founder Paul Rinehart's faithful companion Marmalade, a bloodhound who kept him company while he brewed. In homage to that hound, we donate a portion of our sales to the Montgomery County Humane Society, and we welcome pups of all shapes and sizes at the brewery.

With your help, we'll be able to expand in three critical ways:

A BIG PRODUCTION! We currently produce 120 barrels annually on a 1-barrel system, which puts out 14-16 cases per batch. With your support, we’d get a 2-barrel system which means we'd be able to keep up a steady production of our three stock brews even as we continue to produce new pilots and seasonals for our customers to enjoy.

WHAT'S ON TAP? We currently serve our pilots from a 3-tap kegerator that our founder built himself (we're a real DIY outfit). With your help, we’d build a 6-tap system and put our three stock brews on tap in addition to three rotating pilots. Then we could relegate the current setup to much-needed hop storage.

MERRRRCH. After people try our beer, they often want to spread the word about Baying Hound. We need to invest in more merchandise (our newly-designed t-shirts, pint glasses, and openers) to meet demand. To thank you for your generous support, we’d like to give you some of these great items as a reward for your general awesomeness.

If you love our beer, craft beer in general, or you have a soft spot for local business, please help us out. We’d love to keep supplying our ales to local stores and adventurous sippers while we work on our plan of world domination.

Tell your friends, tell your family, and remember- if we reach our goal, you get yummies! No funding, no yummies, and it’s the doghouse for us.

Risks and challenges

We would like to move in to a bigger facility.

In order to accomplish this, we have to increase our production. An increase in production will mean an increase in profit. An increase in profit means a bigger facility and more of our delicious brew for you!

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Pledge $75 or more
About $75

Come in on Brew Day and brew with owner Paul Rinehart! Take home a BHA t-shirt, a pint glass, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website! (You are responsible for transportation to our Rockville, MD brewery.)

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Pledge $100 or more
About $100

Design a tap handle for one of our upcoming brews! Have a beloved pet you'd like to celebrate or immortalize? We'll give you the name and flavor profile, and you work with us to design a tap handle, which will be featured on our Kegerator. When the keg kicks, the tap handle is yours to keep. Also, a BHA t-shirt, a bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website!

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Pledge $125 or more
About $125

Name a Brew! You'll work with us on naming one of our unique and delicious brews sometime in 2013. The tap handle graphic will go on our wall with your name as creator. Also, a BHA t-shirt, a pint glass, a bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website!

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Pledge $150 or more
About $150

Not only will you be able to name a brew, but you'll be able to pick the style as well! Sit down with owner Paul Rinehart to put together a recipe for your dream brew, to be created by our amazing staff! Your creation will go on our Kegerator to serve to our customers. Also, a BHA t-shirt, a pint glass, a bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website!

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Pledge $175 or more
About $175

A private extract brewing class for you and four (4) of your friends at the brewery! You'll help brew a pilot batch to go on our Kegerator to serve to our customers. Also, backer gets a BHA t-shirt, a pint glass, a bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website! (You are responsible for transportation to our Rockville, MD brewery.)

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Pledge $250 or more
About $250

Name one of our new secondary tanks! Have a pet you'd like to celebrate or immortalize? You'll get to pick the name that will go on the side of a new secondary tank! Also, a BHA t-shirt, a pint glass, a bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website!

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Pledge $500 or more
About $500

Name our new fermenters! Have a pet you'd like to celebrate or immortalize? You'll get to pick the name that goes on the side of our new fermenter. Also, a BHA t-shirt, pint glass, bottle opener, and a Special Thank You on our poster and website!

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Pledge $1,000 or more
About $1,000

Name the new Kegerator after your pet. Have a pet you want to celebrate or immortalize? We'll dedicate our 6-tap Kegerator to you and your furry friend. You will also receive a private brewing class for you and four (4) of your friends, along with BHA t-shirts, pint glasses, and bottle openers for each of you. And to you, a Special Thank You on our poster and website! (You are responsible for transportation to our Rockville, MD brewery.)